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David T. Ansted
English geologist and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Thomas Ansted FRS (5 February 1814 ā 13 May 1880) was an English professor of geology and author of numerous books on geology. His role as a teacher at Addiscombe Military Seminary, where future East India Company army officers were trained, had an influence on the study of geology in the colonies.
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